St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-04-09
JAMESTOWN JoTTlNGs.
How the People Are Conducting
Themselves in the Early Spring.

How the People Are Conducting
Themselves in the Early Spring.
Special to the Globe.
i JAMEsT OWN, Oak, April S.-David Bolts.
ford. who has been experimenting his big
logging contract in Minnesota during the
winter, has returned to look after his farm
ing operations here. e. NJ. Barnes has been
called to Deiphia, Ind, by the serious illness
of brother. Barney MCGEE has trans
ferred his stock of wines and liquors to the
room in the Nickeus building, occupied last
summer by the bowling alley e. Seven Pen n
sylvanians left the Pacific express one day
last week and will become Stutsman county
residents and tillerS of the soil "A special
meeting of the city council was called Friday
evening, and adjourned after the transaction
of a small amount of business. =. DR.. De
Puy's horse ran away with him Friday after
noon. The doctor was thrown out of the
buggy but escaped without injury. The
new town site of Edgeley, about thirty miles
south of Jane stown, has just been plated.
-. The name of Durham postoffice, in this
county, has been changed to Horne, COM
mencing April l. The band boys are meet
ing with good success in selling tickets for
their Easter bail. :. Frank Andre has pur-
chased the house and lot situated Eighth
avenue north from d. d. McMath. Real
estate inquiries are increasing in number.
Eastern capital seems to be again
seeking investment in jamestown and neigh
boring property. A number of small sales
have been made during the past few days,
and people are putting on stiff upper lip and
beginning to hesitate about giving a price on
property, healtyh and encouraging Sign.
A party was hauled up before Judge Frye
Monday on q charge of wearing another mans
coat, vest and shirt. He was given the choice
between leaving town and u term i'll the
county Jail. He chose the former, and shook
the dust of Jamestown off his feet The
Ron aria SVEpStOu W of
Baptist persuasion. are TO have new minis
ter. Mr.. Braun. whose examination and ordi-
nation occurred Friday. &C. C.. Berg, of
Minnewaukan, passed through the city
Tuesday night with a large collection
of mounted animals, which he is
taking 10 Chicago for sale. -. Fireman Collins,
on the switch engine, lost an eye Tuesday by
the water gauge bursting and squirting water
and glass into that organ. The supplies for
the local camp OF the Sons of Veterans have
been received. Mrs. l.. A. Newton and
family have removed from the city to the
farm. Miss Minnie Hammond, of Peak
Bryant, spent Il few days last week with
friends at the Gladstone. The asylum de.
fciency fund was received Wednesday by
President Lyon of the board of trustees and
has been distributed. The fund amounted to
$50 600, and some of the merchants received
sums reaching into the thousands.
The Capitol house property was
transferred Wednesday by WIN. NJ. Lloyd,
Jr., to Capt. Ingraham, who will at once pro-
coed to build an addition of a dozen or fifteen
rooms. "A meeting of the taxpayers has
been called for Friday evening to consider
the project of issuing $4,000 worth of bonds
to refund outstanding school warrants. "A
special election has been called for Saturday,
the 9th, to decide the question. :. There is
warm fight over the location of the two school
houses soon to be built in the Albion school
town ship. The examination of applicants
for teachers certificates has been in progress
a few days, under the direction of Supt. Fo-
ley. A number of young ladies from differ
emit parts of the county were examined.